document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=272064>Question 272064</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please solve this using the substitution method. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 3y - 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x - 18y = -30  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "6x - 18y = -30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6(3y-5)-18y=-30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18y-30-18y=-30 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "0y=-30+30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is no unique solution to these 2 equations for the x & y terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 2 equations are identical.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Should you plot these 2 equations, you'd find that they form a single line which has an infinite number of solutions for x & y. </SPAN>\n" );
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